About Chris Pratt

Christopher Michael Pratt was born in Virginia, Minnesota. He dropped out of a local community college after one semester, and after working as a coupon salesman, he ended up homeless in Maui. White waiting tables, he was discovered by actor-director Rae Dawn Chong and cast him in Cursed Part 3 (2000). Following that film, he was cast in several roles in television and film. His breakthrough role came with playing the part of Peter Quill in Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).